Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:50:46 -0800 From: Garrett Cooper <yanefbsd@gmail.com> To: FreeBSD-Hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org> Subject: mktemp(1) in /tmp or $PWD? Message-ID: <7d6fde3d1002251850m3d32904emece0182e905b84c5@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi Hackers,
Really basic question (because I'm relatively new to the Unix
scene -- only been using it for the last 10 years, so I don't know if
this was done for backwards compatibility with SysV) -- is mktemp(1)
without -t supposed to default to $PWD instead of /tmp if a template
is specified, e.g.
[root@left4dead /usr/home/garrcoop]# mktemp fooXXXXXX
foovE3FLt
[root@left4dead /usr/home/garrcoop]# ls foovE3FLt
foovE3FLt
I ask because GNU coreutils' copy of mktemp (I know... I know...)
defaults to /tmp if $TMPDIR isn't specified.
Thanks!
-Garrett
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